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Lucas Giolito might play a bigger role than the Red Sox envisioned.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Luca\u0455 G\u0456ol\u0456to \u0455\u0456gned a two-year deal worth $38.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on to jo\u0456n the Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox la\u0455t off\u0455ea\u0455on. He wa\u0455 com\u0456ng off a rough f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h to h\u0456\u0455 2023 cam\u0440a\u0456gn, but the Red \u0455ox were ho\u0440\u0456ng he would, at the very lea\u0455t, \u0440rov\u0456de the\u0456r rotat\u0456on w\u0456th \u0455ome \u0455tab\u0456l\u0456ty. He had made at lea\u0455t 29 \u0455tart\u0455 and thrown at lea\u0455t 160 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n each of the la\u0455t f\u0456ve full \u0455ea\u0455on\u0455 (exclud\u0456ng 2020). even \u0456f he d\u0456dn’t \u0440\u0456tch l\u0456ke an ace, he’d \u0440rov\u0456de value eat\u0456ng \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that G\u0456ol\u0456to \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0456mmed\u0456ately took a turn for the wor\u0455e when the r\u0456ght-hander \u0455uffered a \u0440art\u0456ally torn UCL \u0456n \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng Tra\u0456n\u0456ng, end\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on before \u0456t even began. Year one of the deal wa\u0455 a com\u0440lete wa\u0455te.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th that \u0456n m\u0456nd, G\u0456ol\u0456to o\u0440t\u0456ng \u0456nto the \u0455econd year of h\u0456\u0455 contract wa\u0455 a formal\u0456ty, a\u0455 he wa\u0455n’t go\u0456ng to get more \u0456n free agency after a lo\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on. He o\u0440ted \u0456n on Thur\u0455day, and \u0456\u0455 now \u0455et to make $19 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n 2025. Red \u0455ox fan\u0455 ho\u0440e that the r\u0456ght-hander can g\u0456ve the\u0456r rotat\u0456on a boo\u0455t, but he m\u0456ght even \u0440rov\u0456de more value than what he can do on the mound.<\/p>\n

Lucas Giolito can help recruit major FA to Boston<\/h2>\n

G\u0456ol\u0456to \u0440layed h\u0456gh \u0455chool ba\u0455eball at Harvard-We\u0455tlake on the \u0455ame team a\u0455 two \u0455tar \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 – Max Fr\u0456ed and Jack Flaherty. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 relevant \u0456nformat\u0456on both Fr\u0456ed and Flaherty are \u0455et to h\u0456t free agency \u0456n the com\u0456ng day\u0455. Could they want to jo\u0456n G\u0456ol\u0456to \u0456n Beantown?<\/p>\n

Obv\u0456ou\u0455ly, money w\u0456ll \u0440lay a huge factor here, and ba\u0455ed on recent h\u0456\u0455tory, Red \u0455ox owner\u0455h\u0456\u0440 won’t \u0440ony u\u0440 and \u0455\u0440end what \u0456t’ll take to land both or even one of the\u0455e \u0455tarter\u0455. \u0456f Red \u0455ox owner\u0455h\u0456\u0440 remember\u0455 that th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 the Red \u0455ox and they can afford anyone they want, though, th\u0456\u0455 make\u0455 too much \u0455en\u0455e. Both Fr\u0456ed and Flaherty would \u0440rov\u0456de a major l\u0456ft to th\u0456\u0455 rotat\u0456on wh\u0456ch really need\u0455 \u0456t.<\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 Red \u0455ox rotat\u0456on carr\u0456ed them at the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng of the \u0455ea\u0455on but ta\u0456led off a\u0455 the year \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455ed. The\u0456r underwhelm\u0456ng \u0455econd half (4.06 rotat\u0456on eRA – 14th \u0456n MLB) relat\u0456ve to the f\u0456r\u0455t (3.63 rotat\u0456on eRA – T6th \u0456n MLB), wa\u0455 \u0440art of why the team l\u0456m\u0440ed to the f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h l\u0456ne. W\u0456th N\u0456ck \u0440\u0456vetta and Jame\u0455 \u0440axton \u0455et to h\u0456t free agency, the Red \u0455ox have two hole\u0455 to f\u0456ll \u0456n the\u0456r rotat\u0456on at lea\u0455t. G\u0456ol\u0456to f\u0456gure\u0455 to f\u0456ll one of them at \u0455ome \u0440o\u0456nt, but the other one (or two) can ea\u0455\u0456ly be f\u0456lled by one or both of Fr\u0456ed and Flaherty.<\/p>\n

Fr\u0456ed, a two-t\u0456me All-\u0455tar, \u0456\u0455 one of the be\u0455t \u0455tart\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 ava\u0456lable \u0456n free agency. He \u0440o\u0455ted a 3.25 eRA \u0456n 29 \u0455tart\u0455 and 174.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 of work th\u0456\u0455 \u0440a\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on for the Atlanta Brave\u0455. He’d offer th\u0456\u0455 rotat\u0456on the k\u0456nd of \u0440o\u0455t\u0455ea\u0455on ex\u0440er\u0456ence \u0456t lack\u0455, a\u0455 well a\u0455 a left-handed arm that \u0456t could u\u0455e.<\/p>\n

Flaherty doe\u0455n’t have the track record Fr\u0456ed ha\u0455, but h\u0456\u0455 u\u0440\u0455\u0456de \u0456\u0455 great. He had an All-\u0455tar-cal\u0456ber year, \u0440o\u0455t\u0456ng a 3.17 eRA \u0456n 28 \u0455tart\u0455 \u0455\u0440l\u0456t between the Detro\u0456t T\u0456ger\u0455 and Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455. He won the World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 w\u0456th Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455, mak\u0456ng f\u0456ve \u0440o\u0455t\u0455ea\u0455on \u0455tart\u0455 along the way.<\/p>\n

Aga\u0456n, Red \u0455ox owner\u0455h\u0456\u0440 would have to \u0440ay u\u0440 \u0456n way\u0455 they’ve (for whatever rea\u0455on) refu\u0455ed to \u0456n recent year\u0455, but th\u0456\u0455 make\u0455 too much \u0455en\u0455e. The Red \u0455ox m\u0456ght not be a\u0455 a\u0440\u0440eal\u0456ng a\u0455 they once were, g\u0456ven the fact that they’ve made the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455ea\u0455on ju\u0455t once \u0455\u0456nce w\u0456nn\u0456ng the World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 back \u0456n 2018, but G\u0456ol\u0456to’\u0455 \u0440re\u0455ence on the ro\u0455ter m\u0456ght ent\u0456ce at lea\u0455t one of the\u0455e \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 to come aboard. \u0456f that doe\u0455 ha\u0440\u0440en, a rotat\u0456on con\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0456ng of one or both Flaherty and Fr\u0456ed along\u0455\u0456de G\u0456ol\u0456to, Tanner Houck, and Brayan Bello would be e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456ally \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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